21.  Any plan's first obstacle might well lie with the growers themselves, embittered by years of fumigation and confrontation with government authorities.

22.  Any player who can't concentrate for 40 seconds at a stretch likely will find himself with all the time in the world to daydream.

23.  Defensively, the Packers stopped concentrating on stopping the run and started to blitz, especially with safety LeRoy Butler coming off the corner.

24.  Defensively, the Sonics slowed the Nuggets' transition game long enough for Payton to eventually put the Sonics ahead 96-89 with a short running jumper.

25.  Defensively, the Vols rank third in the nation against the run (74.3 ypg.) and Henderson is the national sack leader with 12.

26.  Deferred contracts also plunged, with the March 1997 contract falling 6.50 cents to settle at $3.685 a bushel.

27.  Deferred contracts also plunged, with the March 1997 contract falling as much as 8 cents to $3.67 a bushel.

28.  Deputy District Attorney Lauren Weis said some parents refused to cooperate with investigators, but she declined to elaborate.

29.  Deputy Emmett Huschke shot Bourda in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, Sheriff Weldon Lucas said.

30.  Deputy Foreign Minister Le Mai, who oversees relations with the United States, declined to confirm formally that the meeting was set.